Quite a stunning article here in Bloomberg, claiming that Barclays CEO Jes Staley had an email exchange with an imposter claiming to be Chairman John McFarlane. The imposter used the email address "John.McFarlane.Barclays@gmail.com"!

No direct relevance to executive search but proof that however secure you might make your technology, users are often the weak link!

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Jes Staley, the Barclays Plc chief executive officer warding off criticism for attempting to ferret out the identity of a whistle-blower, responded to emails from an impostor pretending to be Chairman John McFarlane, the Financial Times reported on its Alphaville blog.